The bizarre saga of Katie Price’s fourth husband, Lee Andrews, has taken another dramatic turn. After a frantic two-week missing persons hunt involving the Foreign Office and a web of conflicting stories, Katie, 48, has confirmed he has finally been located. Here are the five key things you need to know about Andrews and his sudden reappearance...
Following two weeks of radio silence, Katie revealed that Andrews made a brief, two-minute phone call to her from Al Awir prison in Dubai. Katie confirmed the news to the media, stating, "I have found him – he is alive, and he is OK," ending days of intense speculation regarding whether he was even in the country.
In the most shocking twist of the timeline, Andrews told Katie that United Arab Emirates authorities detained him because they suspected him of being a spy. While Katie admitted she doesn’t know many details yet, Dubai’s Police Chief had previously noted that there were "many cases against him," though UK authorities had historically looked into past fraud and "conman" allegations against him.
Before his whereabouts were confirmed, the situation looked incredibly dark. Andrews originally vanished right before he was supposed to fly to the UK to appear on Good Morning Britain with Katie. He later sent her a terrifying FaceTime call and video showing him hooded with his hands tied in the back of a van, claiming people were "coming for him." His final text messages to her claimed he was being held at a "black site."
For context on how quickly this relationship moved, the 43-year-old British businessman - who describes himself as a millionaire - married Katie in January 2026 after a whirlwind romance lasting just over a week. Because he lives and works in the UAE, the newlyweds had been operating long-distance before his sudden disappearance in May.
Throughout the two-week search, sources close to Katie claimed that friends and family were pointing out major inconsistencies in Andrews' stories, with some former associates publicly labelling him a "swindler". Despite the red flags and his father's correct telling the media days ago that Andrews had simply been arrested (which Katie initially dismissed as "fake news"), insiders say Katie remained fiercely protective of him because of his charismatic nature.
